As required for this position, TEIXEIRA holds a Top Secret security clearance, which was granted in 2021. Based on my training and experience, I know that acquiring his security clearance, TEIXEIRA would have signed a lifetime binding non-disclosure agreement in which he would have had to acknowledge that the unauthorized disclosure of protected information could result in criminal charges."
Read the pdf below.
Means he passed the background check for a position that required a TS Security clearance. That doesn’t mean his position would allow accessing TS materials necessarily. I had TS clearance at that age but sure as the heck I wouldn’t have the “need to know” to access documents such as these.
I was going to say pretty much the same thing. It doesn’t even make sense that anyone, of any rank, on an Air National Guard base would need to know this information.
The bigger scandal here, if there really is one, is that the control of highly classified material is so poor. And, no, there is no need for new laws and regulations. They need to follow the laws and regulations that already exist.
There are always people of that age working with classified around the world. It is just a fact. I did it at 18 - TS SCI comm center overseas. As I said on another post I have a feeling it is more common in the Air Force and now probably the Space Force as well because there are more comms people in the AF. Navy also has a lot of nuclear stuff that would require clearances, but the USAF/USSF have all that communications, satellite, and missile stuff.
Something other people may not know is there are full-time Guard jobs. They don't all serve 1 weekend a month and 2 weeks a year (I don't know if this kid was full-time ANG or not).
I think this kid is being setup as a patsy. He absolutely could have had access to highly-classified material at that age and rank (I did at a lower rank and younger). However the format of the info he leaked - at least what has been publicly shared - is different than what he should've had responsibility for handling. I never saw stuff like what was released at a normal base, though I did see it at the Pentagon and NORAD. You know - places where war plans would be created, stored, and discussed - and where the high-level staff are located.
My suspicion is that he released a bunch of classified docs in a normal doc/message format and these maps and presentation slides were slipped in by someone else to push a narrative that UKR needs WAY more money or they will lose. Seems to me to be an easy way to release stuff they want and have a built-in patsy to take the fall.
That and as a person’s job situation changes these employees, elected or appointed officials don’t necessarily loose their TS rating. For instance the former Obama cabinet many still have their clearance. They simply need to use computers in the DNC office that has a scif. At least that is my understanding.
Mt brother is guard and he says the 102 air ng is an intelligence collection division. Everyone in that 102 has to have TS clearance. Agree with others that this was probably Need to know and SCIF so he shouldnt have had access probably.
Need to know is what drives this entire scenario. I’ve said it a few times, it is doubtful anyone at his base needs to know the information that was released, let alone a low ranking enlisted person.
Yeah i agree
And just because you have TS clearance it doent mean you have need to know. You cant just go rummaging thru the Pentagon and C_As database.
For sure. Just because someone has a TS clearance that doesnt give them free reign to rummage through all the nations secrets. And this was scif stuff too. How did he get a camera into a scif and get the camera out again? There are strict rules governing this shit.
This whole narrative is a fucking lie.
Any sailor on a nuclear submarine would have Top Secret clearance and most of them would be 18, 19, or 20 years old. Does that mean he would have access to TS NATO documents? No.
The clearance required for a nuclear submariner is Secret. Even the reactor operators are only required to have a Secret clearance. The only people with TS-SCI would be in the intelligence field (Crypto Technicians and associated fields), Communications and networking fields (Information Technicians, formerly Radiomen) and Officers with a need for highly classified intelligence, which would be most Line Officers). Even with the Clearance granted up to SCI level, the information is not available to them unless they are a part of the program or have a legitimate need to know. They have to be read in to each particular program and sign an NDA for each and every SCI program (every single person with access to TS SCI intel is recorded, the list is typically not very long for TS SCI). Regular Top Secret is not controlled as strictly, however it is still tightly controlled and access is restricted to people with a need-to-know only. Regular Secret information is more available and can be more easily accessed, however it is usually not terribly critical and by itself cannot cause significant harm to personnel or assets. This being said, the collection of a large amount of associated Secret intel can be more damaging because it can imply more comprehensive plans/networks/capabilities. The current Ukraine situation (i.e. status) would not be a critical collection of intel, however it would not be broadcast across the entire SIPR network. You would need to seek out the information online (highly encrypted and restricted network)from a SIPR terminal. This type of research raises flags if you are not in a position that would require such information. An ANG E-3 would be flagged on the network accessing this information. There is no chance the accessing of this data would have gone unnoticed. If there were printed documents in the SCIF about all this information, it would have been locked up in a safe or secure filing cabinet. The point is; there are some serious problems with this entire scenario.
You are correct, but the leaked docs were US. They weren't NATO - in fact most of the ones I saw were NOFORN or release only to FVEYE. They dealt with NATO countries but were definitely US docs.
And they were photos of docs. Meaning that someone brought a phone/cam into the SCIF housing those documents and was given access to them. Doubtful this guy had access to those docs.
This is silly. Anyone can have a TSCI. It just means they've cleared the rigorous background check. The rest is "need to know." It's like having a network ID. Doesn't mean you can see any resources when you're logged in. Well. Apparently this kid could, since somehow he got added into a profile that had this access but, that's the network admin's fault, or whomever authorized this, but it's not the fault of the TS clearance.
Don't know this kids occupational specialty, but if he was doing intelligence analysis/reporting or anything that touches on that, he would very likely have had access to JWICS, the SCI network. With that access, he could easily search for information and intelligence. HOWEVER, no way no how should he have been able to photograph these documents. Recording devices of ANY type are clearly and absolutely prohibited in those spaces. So either he broke that rule or he printed the pages and smuggled them out of the SCIF - another prohibited action. So where was the security team (Special Security Office) and work supervision?
I read he did IT.
Those were ODNI/CIA docs and doubtful on JWICS. But agree w your statement. Anyone can bring a phone into a SCIF, you’re just breaking the law when you do.
Correct, and by the way the same goes for a Q. The easiest way to get a Q clearance (indeed the way I got mine) is to go thru the DoD TS process using their E-QIP system (online SF-86 process). When the TS is confirmed the DoE grants the Q.
Note though - there are some offices like a comm center that may have classified stuff in inboxes or mail slots 24/7 in print form for dissemination. It isn't always digital. If you notice, the released docs in the news at least all have fold creases. That shows he folded them to smuggle them out. They could've still been digital but I seriously doubt he had a printer to print those unless he formed out at least 500-1k to buy one for home. At his age and rank I'd expect that money to go towards video games and systems.
Thank you! I don't care what your clearance level is it ALL comes down to "NEED TO KNOW".
There are alot of generals at the Pentagon that dont know anything about nuclear submarines because they don't have a "NEED TO KNOW "!
Can you say “Patsy”? There’s material in this dump that such a person, regardless of TS clearance, which isn’t a license to peruse any document desired, but is on a “need to know” basis could never have accessed. This poor bastard is being “sheep dipped”. I sincerely hope he receives the best treatment possible under the circumstances. Arrest and incarceration are not fun even as part of an op. His family will suffer great shame. A brave soldier making the ultimate sacrifice deserves full honors. May God watch over him.
Something does not add up on this guys rank of Airman first class E-3 which under normal conditions is a total of 16 months in service. This guy joined in 2019 which means he should be an E-4 by now. Normally a discipline issue can prevent promotion but that would also impact his security clearance.
https://www.military.com/air-force/enlisted-ranks.html
Is it possible that as part of his punishment for a military crime he is being required to be the fall guy for this?
More like a honey trap....
Good article. One thing though - I don't know if the normal timing is the same for the Guard. The article is likely geared toward Active USAF. Normally you would be 100% correct with your suspicions and times but Guard is a different beast. I know they have a different schedule for retirement and a lot is based on how many of your trainings (if your are part-time normal Guard) you miss or attend. Maybe this kid was part-time normal Guard and missed trainings - COVID, family issues, transfer - who knows. He could've also been prior-service, gotten out, then went back in the Guard.
Any present/former Guard members out there that know how that works?
Promotions in the Air Guard are slower than active duty.
I had jag visit me for my clearance. My past was pretty questionable 😆 I passed and went along with my orders
Hey, guys look at the pictures the media posted of him in uniform! The patsy is wearing his uniform with the ribbons and name tag directly opposite of where they should be placed! Ribbons are always over the Heart and the Name tag is always on the right side! Why isn't that being pointed out by any of these supposed experts from the Military and DOD? It's all fake BS!
I saw that too. Uhmm think mirror.
For sure!
I see a LOT of reversed images from phones and I am puzzled at this but most 'selfies' are taken in front of a mirror so.....
So, he's old enough to handle top secret documents, but he's not old enough to drink a beer -- at least not in my state. Kek. 😂
Guess with whom he shares his last name... Must be a coincindence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Teixeira_de_Faria
cool that you remembered this. But in Brazil only are 831,731 people with that name. More that the rest of the world combined.
Oops. Ok. Like "Müller" in Germany. My bad.
Absurdities piled on top of absurdities. This narrative is so full of easily observable lies that the only plausible explanation is that the WH Patriots forced them into these moves.
Some military career fields require a Top Secret clearance and the soldier doesn’t even leave their tech school until the clearance is issued. Depending on how long the background check takes this can be a lengthy period of time.
Nothing strange about that, but accessing classified info isn’t just based on clearance, but also on a “need to know” and it’s always the case the cleared soldier is GIVEN access to classified info once a need to know has been determined.
So the bigger question is who gave this guy access to these classified docs?
What a convenient little detail.
YEP...and it's good for the length of time he signed the paper stating that he would follow all the rules up to and including imprisonment...NOW, where to find where he got those pages from since he is ONLY an E-3...
I was in the Navy from 63 to 66, and in early 1965, I was sent to be in the radio room (comms) and I had a provisional TS clearance-I was 19 going on 20. I did not talk about what I saw and knew and when the Pueblo was captured by the NK navy, everything I knew was compromised. To this day, I don't talk about too much detail. Oh, and I was a lowly E-2 going on E-3... 🤔